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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$260	Start Anytime	Open	Details	Sharpening your skills before you start university can improve your performance, reduce stress, and allow you to accomplish more with your time. The right academic skills can also help you handle the commitments and challenges of university life so you can feel successful - and enjoy life as a first-year student.
	Online	$650	Start Anytime	Open	Details	Learn the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on the Amazon Web Services platform. Explore storage, compute, database, networking, caching and security services. Diagram decoupled architectures, design microservices and plan for disasters.
	Online	$350	Start Anytime	Open	Details	Get a real-world understanding of cloud computing concepts in the context of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Understand AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing and support.
	Online	$50	Start Anytime	Open	Details	This is a condensed version of a popular full-semester credit course offered at Queen's University. It was developed by Dr. Anne Duffy, MSc, MD, FRCPC, an academic psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Student Mental Health at Queen’s University as a resource to help high school students preparare for university life.
	Online	$260	Start Anytime	Open	Details	Maximize your chances of getting into the Canadian university of your choice in this dynamic, interactive and personalized course. Over eight self-paced weeks, learn step-by-step how to write memorable and convincing university undergraduate applications for Canadian universities that catch the attention of admissions committees.
	Online	$475 - $500	Jan 7, 2025	Open	Details	In this course, take part in reflective activities that expand your awareness of your unconscious biases. Develop practical and concrete strategies and techniques for addressing these biases, and noticing, identifying and responding to microaggressions.
	Hybrid	$1,250	Jan 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course addresses the critical challenge of bridging the gap between current healthcare solutions and the unmet needs of patients by diving into the complexities of regulatory landscapes, stakeholder perspectives and market dynamics.
	In-Person Online	$475 - $490	Jan 8, 2025	Open	Details	Sound more natural and confident when you speak English by learning about rhythm, stress patterns, linking sounds and intonation. Understand your pronunciation as it relates to sounds that may not exist in your first language to improve the clarity of your English and increase others' understanding of your speech.
	Online		Jan 9, 2025	Open	Details	Get an overview of the program, the curriculum, learning outcomes, and what to expect. Meet program instructors Dr. Anita Palepu, Dr. Raymond Ng, Dr. Rob Bergen, and Dr. Yulia Egorova.
	Online		Jan 9, 2025	Open	Details	Learn about the UBC Certificate in Cloud and Technology Transformation, a part-time program with flexible pathways to gain cloud transformation skills and strategies.
	Online In-Person	$450 - $465	Jan 11, 2025	Open	Details	Get an introduced to ASL, a complete visual language with distinct grammar and sentence structures. Learn in an immersive signing-only environment with no spoken English. Our experienced Deaf instructors use ASL, gestures, slides and occasional written English to help you learn.
	In-Person Online	$450 - $465	Jan 11, 2025	Open	Details	Continue to build on your American Sign Language (ASL) skills and knowledge. Focus on discussing living situations, locations and basic directions. Learn how to ask "What is the sign for ___?" and new fingerspelling letters.
	Online In-Person	$450 - $465	Jan 12, 2025	Open	Details	Advance your grammar and understanding of sentence structure in American Sign Language (ASL). Learn about agreement verbs, how to ask if something is done, and how to tell how often. Learn signs for talking about everyday activities, chores, extended family and what one does for a living. Formerly Sign Language Intermediate 1.
	Online In-Person	$450 - $465	Jan 13, 2025	Open	Details	Learn how to describe family members and how they are related, and how to specify someone's age using American Sign Language (ASL). Formerly Sign Language Lower Intermediate.
	Online	$450	Jan 13, 2025	Open	Details	This course covers unit 9 from the textbook Signing Naturally Units 7–12. Learn to communicate in a wider array of situations and further develop your fluency and comprehension of American Sign Language (ASL).

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